The Status of Children in India
"There are sections on juvenile justice, torture, education, anti-terror laws, children in armed conflict situations, refugee and internally displaced children, child labour, minority children, and concluding recommendations. Immensely important for every defender of human rights in India and the world" -The Telegraph, Calcutta, 14.11.2003
Starvation, Rape and Killing of Indigenous Jumma Children
In June 2003, Asian Centre for Human Rights submitted its alternate report, The status of indigenous and minority children in Bangladesh. This update has been necessitated by increased racial discrimination and other human rights violations against the indigenous Jumma peoples … More
The status of indigenous & minority children in Bangladesh
government of Bangladesh submitted second periodic report (CRC/C/65/Add.22) to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. But, it provides little information about the status of the children belonging to most vulnerable sections of the society - "indigenous tribal peoples", minorities, internally displaced persons and stateless persons ....more
Press Releases
Campaigns
- 14/11/2003: Maharashtra: brutally beating of juvenile Samran Desai
- 18/08/2003: Manipur: Molestation, sexual harassment and attempt to rape of two minor girls, Ms Forest Gate (14 years) and Ms Gangte Veng (15 years)
- 17/07/2003: Manipur: Alleged extrajudicial execution of Kamkholal Haokip (17 years) and his younger brother Sumkhosat Haokip and Satkholun Haokip (15)
- 02/07/2003: Orissa: Alleged suicide of juvenile delinquent Sukant Das in police custody
- 27/03/2003: Orissa: Inhumane and degrading treatment of juvenile detainee Puli Shiva